C.S. LEWIS

I was recently sent the following quote:

If our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc., is up to the standard common among those with the same income as our own, we are probably giving away too little. If our charities do not at all pinch or hamper us, I should say they are too small. There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot because our charitable expenditure excludes them.    -- C. S. Lewis

Do you agree with this? Is this challenging or shaming? Those of you reading this probably have your own computer and at least have Internet access. Please feel free to make some comments on stewardship and how we as 'wealthy' Christians should budget and spend the money God allows to pass through how hands. What should be our mindset towards comfort?

I realise I'm only asking the questions - but it is an area I often consider and am challenged about.

And while on the topic of C.S. Lewis, I recently saw Prince Caspian. Of course being filmed in NZ, the scenery is stunning. But I particularly enjoyed the relationship of Lucy and Aslan. Her childlike trust. Her unwavering belief. Her confidence - not in herself but in her Saviour. And when Peter didn't believe that she had seen Aslan, she says to him, "Maybe that's because you weren't looking for Him."

I am challenged to look for God, to seek Jesus in everything. And to unwaveringly trust Him even when I can't see the end from the beginning.

Read some devotional thoughts from this movie by Sharon Lim.